BLACK TONGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black tongue mean? 

• BLACK TONGUE (noun)
  The noun BLACK TONGUE has 1 sense:

1. a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue

  Familiarity information: BLACK TONGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK TONGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

black tongue; furry tongue; hairy tongue

Hypernyms ("black tongue" is a kind of...):

side effect (a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy)

 Context examples 

Its two most distinctive features are its blue-black tongue and its almost straight hind legs, which causes it to walk rather stilted.

(Chow Chow, NCI Thesaurus)